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5. V.lathyroides. Spring Vetch. Flowers solitary, nearly sessile ; 

 leaflets about six, oblong, the lower ones inversely heart-shaped ; 



tendrils simple, snorter than the leaflets ; seeds tuberculated. 



Stems procumbent, three or four inches long: stipules half heart- 

 shaped, destitute of coloured mark : flowers small, light bluish- 

 purple. Annual : flowers in April and May: grows in dry gravelly 

 pastures : very common in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 30. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iii. p. 283. 1051. 



6. V. lutea. Rough-podded Yellow Vetch. Flowers solitary, nearly 

 sessile ; legumes reflected, hairy ; stems spreading ; stipules egg- 

 shaped, pointed, coloured ; standard smooth. Stems spreading 



on the ground, from one to two feet long : leaflets numerous, ellip- 

 tical : tendrils long, branched : spot on the stipules red, generally 

 enlarged : flowers pale-yellow, striped with grey. Perennial : 

 flowers in August : grows in dry gravelly pastures : rare. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. vii. pi. 481. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 284. 1052. 



7. V. hy'brida. Hairy -flowered Yellow Vetch. Flowers solitary, 

 nearly sessile ; legumes reflected, hairy ; stems ascending ; stipules 



egg-shaped, unspotted ; standard hairy. Stem from one to two 



feet long : flowers pale-yellow, with reddish stripes. Perennial : 

 flowers in June and July : grows in thickets in the south of Eng - 

 land; Glastonbury, Tor-hill, and near Lincoln. Eng. .Bo^.vol. vii. 

 pi. 482. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 285. 1053. 



8. V. IcBvigdta. Smooth-podded Sea Vetch. Flowers solitary, nearly 

 sessile ; legumes reflected, smooth ; stems ascending ; stipules cleft, 



without spot; leaflets bluntish, smooth. Flowers pale-blue or 



whitish : the whole plant smooth. Perennial : flowers in July and 

 August : grows on the pebbly coast of Dorsetshire. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 vii. pi. 483. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 285. 1054. 



9. V. sepium. Common Bush Vetch. Flowers about four together, 

 in short axillar clusters ; legumes erect, smooth ; leaflets egg-shaped, 



obtuse, becoming gradually smaller upwards on the leaf-stalk. 



Stems about two feet long : flowers bluish-purple : legumes blackish. 

 Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows in bushy places, hedges, 

 and pastures : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 1515. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 286. 1055. 



10. V. Bithy'nica. Rough-podded Purple Vetch. Flowers com- 

 monly solitary, stalked ; legumes erect, rough with stiff hairs ; leaf- 

 lets four, lance-shaped, minutely pointed ; stipules half-arrow- 

 shaped, fringed with teeth. Stems about eighteen inches long, 



smooth, prostrate : standard purple : keel and wings white. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in July and August : grows in bushy places and dry 

 pastures in England: rare. Eng. Bot. vol.xxvi. pl.1842. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 287. 1056. 



11. E'RVUM. TARE. 



Calyx inferior, tubular, divided half-way into five lance-shaped, 

 'long-pointed segments, shorter than the corolla, the lowermost 

 rather longer. Corolla of five petals ; standard largest, inversely 

 egg-shaped, slightly reflected ; wings half as long, obtuse ; keel 

 shorter, rounded, of two united petals, with separate claws. Fi- 

 laments ten ; nine united into a compressed tube, open along the 



